valve is hard the european union is the scribing the poisoning of russian opposition figurehead alexina vall. simply a pretext for. opposition leaders and independent journalists in russia are not safe. if there was no new they would have come up with. also ahead on the program the e.u.'s foreign minister talks off penalties against the russian president over the recent.

activist was left fighting for his life struck down by a poison the situation was similar to that of alexina vall me but unlike novell me there were no signs of the never know if we chopped. my poison he wasn't as bad as his i was able to recover more quickly i was already able to speak in the 2nd week of recovery but not the chalk is an extremely strong point and we were it doesn't make a difference that i want to hurt someone or kill them. chalk is perfect for committing murder or. like. was treated the charity hospital no one could confidently identify the substance that had been given to him. to doctors to suspect poisoning but was never theirs he says there is no doubt supports. the fact that nobody caught which used clearly points to the russian president. or one thing. only secret agent a bank says to the. specific poison. your coalition operation could only have been carried out. other opposition figures have been targeted with less deadly means among them the independent politician dimitri good called one year ago he was barred from standing in the more school city council elections and

outside of the charity hospital where we have heard doctors treating russian opposition leader alexina vallneed they say that today he has been released. yes. well the european commission meantime is expected today to unveil a long awaited policy overall on my question it comes after years of starts and stops and disagreements over how many migrants to take and and where to settle them over that time hundreds of thousands of people have fled war political instability and poverty in search of a better life in your. on the outer edges of europe thousands of asylum seekers are trying once more to settle in a new makeshift home anxiously waiting for political leaders to decide their fate. the devastating fire at their previous home the morea refugee camp brought renewed arjan see to europe's migrant dilemma but the question remains what is the long term plan for these desperate men women and children. the continent's migrant issue became a migration crisis in 2050 that year thousands drawn trying to cross the mediterranean on recchi unseaworthy books in april e.u. interior ministers proposed a

kremlin is rejecting accusations that russia is responsible for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina vall make germany says it has unequivocal proof that he was poisoned with a nerve with chalk nerve agent chancellor angela merkel said the poisoning might say attempted murder or honestly reports. now lying in a hospital bed in palin alexina valley has become the latest critic of the russian regime to have his life put on the line the german government has made it clear he was poisoned by novacek in order to silence him and has demanded answers from moscow across much of the european union the reaction has been the same be called on russia to investigate these in a transparent and for all men there and it's also in the interest of russia to provide answers to the questions because this type of. chemical agent is not freely available it was used on the russian territory against the russian citizen so it's very important that it's thoroughly investigated and that the assets are provided both to the russian public and to the international the echoes of the poisonings of the former spy surroga

and that brings us to today's 2nd awakening a major rethink by uncle americal the poisoning of alexina vall the bringing him to germany for treatment all of that has changed the chancellor's calculus today for the 1st time miracle spokesman confirmed sanctions to punish the kremlin may include killing the no word stream to pipeline construction is in the final stages yet the north stream to pipeline might never be completed because of the diplomatic stole my over the poisoning of alexina valmy and his employer via no not all over 100 companies are involved in this project half of them a german. clash against the project would hurt them too from falling hours from now and also what it would be wrong to assume that what's happened not have any consequences to this poor tom critter. muska denies the allegations of an avowal nature and has hit back with its own assertions the kremlin says germany has not responded to russian requests for legal assistance but in rejects this meanwhile ukraine has joined cools for tough sanctions to be imposed on russia. none in that league we have and will react

some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world russian opposition leader alexina vall the has reached out on social media for the 1st time since his poisoning last month he shared a picture from the berlin hospital where he's being treated surrounded by his family his spokeswoman says that of all new plans to return to russia after he recovers german chancellor angela merkel has warned that anti-semitism in germany has not gone away saying that today many in the jewish community still do not feel safe. spoke at a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the central council of jews in germany. the city of louisville kentucky will pay $12000000.00 to the family of brianna taylor and introduced police reforms as part of a legal settlement the killing of the black woman by police in march sparked months of protests and was a catalyst for the black lives matter movement prosecutors are still investigating the case reindeer herders in russia have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an ice age cave bear with its teeth even its nose intact now up until this find scienti

voting held over several days because of the pandemic the poisoning of the main opposition leader alexina vall me and the corona virus pandemic of cast a shadow on the votes well the elections are being held a year ahead of parliamentary polls and are being seen as a referendum on president vladimir putin's popularity the poisoning of alexina vaal me has cast a shadow his supporters have been campaigning for candidates who will challenge the governments in the elections this is the 2nd time russians are voting in a major election the pandemic economy is struggling and millions of people are unemployed where protests in the far eastern region of khabarovsk have been happening for 2 months now i and some suggest the unrest in belarus may have an impact or bend the will is a lecturer in russian politics at the university college london he says opposition leader alexina volley supporters have organized tactical voting to challenge kremlin backed candidates. well what they're trying to do is to chip away at the kremlin's image of invincibility that the kremlin completely controls elections if throu